Born November 16, 1965, she has 2 sisters. Her parents named her Yamila in honour of a figure of the Argentinian revolution. One of her sisters – Eva Encarnación Cafrune is named after Eva Perón and Encarnación – the wife of 19th century Buenos Aires province caudilloJuan Manuel de Rosas. The other is called Victoria,[1] after Doña Victoria – the wife[2] of "Chacho" Peñaloza. Her brother Juan Facundo Cafrune is named after the caudillo Rioja Facundo Quiroga.

Yamila released her album En Vivo ("Live") in 2006. The CD has twelve songs, recorded in December 2005 in the Gregorio de Laferrère theatre in Morón. The song list is varied, with tracks that include "Your mark on me", Diego Gallo, "The finadita" of the brothers Diaz, "Road to the rodeo" by Roberto Ternan, "Juana Azurduy" Ramirez and Luna, "Father" "Heritage" and "Zamba de mi esperanza".